Tampa Bay Rays news and links: Catwalking like DJ Kitty

The Rays have a snapchat, and they’ve used it to give a tour of the catwalks.

That’s twitter, not Snapchat. I can’t embed a snap. To see the full story you have to find the Rays on Snapchat on your phone (sorry kids, I’m explaining for the old people).

And if DJ Kitty Onesies are your thing, the DJ Kitty Onesie is a thing.

Links:

• The Rays are the most shift-heavy team so far this year, and Mark Topkin wrote about that with quotes from Evan Longoria, Alex Cobb, and Jim Hickey.
• From Topkin’s notes, Mallex Smith was activated today and sent to Durham (this allows the Rays to keep Shane Peterson until Colby Rasmus is ready, which will be soon). And Xavior Cedeno looks like he will not need surgery.
• Neil Solondz notes that Rays starters have five quality starts, the fewest of any team.
• The StatCast data you can grab over at Baseball Savant is changing format, and Bill Petti wrote an article to help us all manage the change. Bill Petti is the best.